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Gratitude Cafe Tour 2009I have been a fan of Jason Mraz for about 7 years. I love his music. And when I say "I Love Jason Mraz" it is the understatement of a lifetime. His music has become a part of me and means more to me than any other music to date. The lyrics. The music. The performance. He is absolutely amazing. The first time I saw him in concert was on 18 MAY 2006. It rocked my world. I had been to other shows before this one, of different bands and genres of course, but there is something about Jason Mraz that gets me like no other. His voice is so pure, his passion is so evident, and everything about everything he does is P-E-R-F-E-C-T. Or as close to it as you can get. At this show, he sang some of my most favorite songs... and when he finished his set off with a kickass encore of Song For A Friend, I was a very happy camper. That song is amazzzing. Jason Mraz's Set List The second time I saw his show was on 24 MAY 2008. Yes, he went 2 years without coming to town, but it was definitely worth the wait. He sang my most favorite song [On Love, In Sadness] as well as a lot of the songs off his new record We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things. I can't find the set list at the moment, but he had a nice long set that was f!@#ing amazing. It was so cool to see him again. At the end of the night I was so happy I could have died in peace. The third time I was graced by his tremendous presence was yesterday! I was fortunate enough to attend the Gratitude Cafe Tour 2009 at the Freedom Hill Amphitheatre in Michigan. And it was the best show ever. I went with my sisters Anna and Jill, Anna's friend Emily, my BFF Grace, and [last but certainly not least] my best friend Logan... I could not have found a better group to go with. AND since we bought our pit tickets via super-presale, we got some line jump passes that got us in early... WE WERE FRONT ROW CENTER - RIGHT AGAINST THE BARRIER!! :) it was the most prime location for this concert experience. First up was a guy named K'NAAN. He. Was. Awesome. What a way to start the show!! He has some of the coolest rhymes, some awesome beats, and as far Somalian-Canadian-Rapper-Musicians go, he is my absolute favorite. I strongly recommend checking out his music because it is extremely unique and lots of fun to experience. PLUS! the words he sings are full of meaning and history... they're not shit lyrics like some rappers are spitting out these days... they're real and tell his story. Second was G. Love and his Special Sauce. It was a pretty rad set. When G. Love was sitting down and playing his acoustic guitar in the beginning, I felt like the band was detached from the crowd. But once he stood up and started jamming, everyone joined in the fun! The music was entertaining, and... MAN! CAN THAT GUY PLAY THE HARMONICA!! He was very talented and cool to watch. All the while, Bushwalla was kindly hosting the show. He introduced K'NAAN with a lot of energy. Then played Ghetto Blaster before introducing G. Love. Finally he stripped down into a yellow jumpsuit with shinyyy green undies and hula hooped for the crowd as he introduced Mr. A-Z. That's when the party really started... Jason Mraz is the epitome of a good show. He entertains the entire crowd and gives so much to each song... what more could a fan ask for? I'll tell you: as a fan, I cannot ask for anything more. I had such a great time watching the show. You have no idea how much I loved it!! So I'll try to explain with a few short stories. I sang along to every word of every Jason Mraz song. And when I say "every" I mean it... the girls to my left only knew the words to I'm Yours and would stare at me every now and again in awe... I imagine they were thinking "wow. she's so cool. I wish I knew all these words." But they were probably just thinking "she's a crazy bitch. stop her. PLEASE." I ended up on the mega-screen in the back of the stage for a little bit. You see, there were camera-men video taping the entire show for the kiddies who couldn't see the stage as well as us up front... live footage, along with pre-created videos and images, showed up on the giant back-screen. There were a few occassions when the camera-dude would just stop right in front of me and video tape every second of my rocking out to whichever tune was being sung... you could say that I was "into the show." Haha, but I was so enthralled throughout the show that I hardly noticed when I was being video taped... I was so entranced by Jason Mraz and his bongo-ist Toca Rivera. I'd just notice every now and then when the camera was all up in my face. WOOHOO! and omaigosh... as he sang A Beautiful Mess, I soaked up every word like a super-nerd seeing Star Wars for the first time. That song describes who I am. Out of every song I have ever heard in my entire life, that is the one I relate to word after word, note after note, time after time. I live it. I love it. I am thrilled to have seen it performed twice in my life because it means the world to me. As far as I'm concerned, that song is me. I would quote a few of the lines here, but I would just end up quoting the whole song... it really is THAT good. So to watch my favorite musician right behind the barricade, front row and center, and to share every song with some of the people who mean the most to me... well... it just made the night that much better. I had a blast, to infinity and beyond. Jason Mraz's Set List ENCORE
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I'm glad you had a great time! :)
Aww..Really awesome song..
But, I would like to say, if you were singing along to each song no one should ever think; "she's a crazy bitch. stop her. PLEASE." Because it's always amazing to see fans sing along. If I were one of those girls, you were speaking of, I'd be thinking, "wow. she's so cool. I wish I knew all these words."